Political Representation in the Ancien Régime
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"What kind of political representation existed in the Ancien Régime? Which social sectors were given a voice, and how were they represented in the institutions? These are some of the issues addressed by the authors of this book from different institutional angles (monarchies and republics; parliaments and municipalities), from various European territories and finally from a connected and comparative perspective. The aim is twofold: analyse the different mechanisms of political representation before Liberalism, their strengths and limitations; value the processes of oligarchisation and the possible mismatch between a libertarian model and a reality which was far from its idealised image"--
Book details
- Year
- 2018
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Editions
- 6
- Pages
- 351
- ISBN
- 9781138335325
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